He was coming home

12

"Dad?" I call again duly inside the house now

The tv is off so he's not in the living room, maybe he's in the kitchen, that's if he's here at all

I walk into the kitchen and see him gobbling down all the brownies that I wanted

"I have not done anything wrong" he says hiding the last piece behind his back

I laugh quietly and then hug him

While I am hugging him, I take the brownie from him

"Hey! You little thief" he says as I eat it

"I got it from you" I reply sticking my tongue out at him

"So what are you doing now?" He asks me

"I'm going to visit Sophie and her babies" I tell him dumping my stuff on the counter and waving goodbye before grabbing Nathan's hand and leading him to Sophie's place

Once we get there I run up to the door and knock on it excitedly and Nathan follows me more slowly and a bit confused, he's even cuter when he's confused

The door swings open, revealing the cries of a baby, not a lot just a bit, like it is calming down or winding up

"Mira? What are you doing here?" Sophie asks me, tired and sad

"I want to visit my niece and nephew" I tell her and she laughs

"Come on in then, this your boyfriend?" She asks me and I blush, I actually do like him a bit but I'm never going to admit that

"No this is Nathan my friend from school" I reply glaring at her

"Are you sure your just friends?" She asks me and earns a slap, a gently one since she has recently-ish given birth to twins so I'm going easy on her

"Are you two hungry?" She asks us

"Yep, do you have chocolate and ice cream?" I ask smiling innocently happy

"I have chocolate ice cream" she informs me and I run for the freezer grabbing the container put, not bothering to shut the door again

I grab a spoon and plop onto the couch and start eating it

"So I'll introduce you to my kids while Mira is eating all my ice cream without sharing" Sophis says and goes over to the cots

She picks up the boy first

"This is Cody" she tells us handing him to Nathan who smiles, finally relaxing

"And this is Cinderella" Sophie announces holding up her baby daughter

Sophie had always been obsessed with fairy tales, especially Cinderella

"Cindy for short" Sophis adds and I can't hold it back anymore, I start laughing

"Mira your ice cream is going to melt" Nathan says and I stop instantly, must eat ice cream before it melts

"Anyway, I need babysitters for this weekend" she says and we both jerk our heads up

She doesn't mean what I think she means right?

"So could you?" She asks, looking at us hopefully

"No" I say

"Sure" Nathan says

"Thanks you two" she says smiling

To think I like that guy

As we leave I sulk

"What's wrong?" He asks me

"I don't wanna babysit babies" I whine